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Duran Duran
He left Duran Duran before they hit big and only ever achieved two Top 20 hits in his career. But why is the man formerly known as Stephen ‘Tin Tin’…
Duran Duran exclusive – Simon Le Bon tells Classic Pop “I wish I could have been in the audience for our Nasa show!”
Duran Duran singer Simon Le Bon has told Classic Pop he was “overwhelmed” by the band’s special show marking the 50th anniversary of the first moon landings on Tuesday, when they…
Reissue review: Stephen Duffy – I Love My Friends
Stephen Duffy, former Duran Duran vocalist’s much underrated 1996 album debuts on vinyl. You need to own this… Named after a 1996 single by Stephen Duffy, Needle Mythology is a…
Review: Various Artists – Now That’s What I Call Music! 1
The original Now! album weaned a whole generation off recording pop songs from the Sunday evening Radio 1 countdown Admittedly it wasn’t the first but it went on to become the…
The Lowdown: Duran Duran
Classic Pop explores 40-plus years of Duran Duran fever, noting the must-have albums, essential singles and must-watch music videos… By Paul Lester Duran Duran are virtually synonymous with the Eighties.…
Issue 40 of Classic Pop is on sale now!
Available from WH Smith, Tesco, independent newsagents, Asda and Easons, in Issue 40 of Classic Pop we celebrate 30 years of Kylie Minogue with the ultimate celebration of the Princess…
Classic Pop Issue 36 is on sale now!
Issue 36 of Classic Pop magazine is on sale now! Available from WH Smith, Tesco, Waitrose and independent newsagents, for our special cover feature in Issue 36, we take a look…
Issue 19 of Classic Pop on sale now!
Issue 19 of Classic Pop is out now! Fresh from headlining Bestival last weekend, Duran Duran grace the cover of Issue 19 and talk exclusively and candidly about the making…
Top 100 Singles of the Eighties: 10-6
10 Propaganda: Duel It’s actually quite incredible that Propaganda manage to gatecrash our Top 10 when they released so little music in the Eighties (and have released next-to-nothing in the…
Top 100 Singles of the 80s: 25-21
25 Erasure: Sometimes The first of two high-scoring entries for Erasure, and proof that if any one musician dominates UK Eighties pop – and this Top 100 – it’s Vince…